Good Connections are the Secret to Improving Your Mental Fitness

And your GP doesn’t have all the answers.

My new Zoom client was late.

After resolving a few technological issues, she came online. We chatted for a minute then she enabled the video so I could see her.

Sitting on a red couch in an apartment that resembled a hotel room was a beautiful young African woman.

Away from home on her own, working long hours in a mono-cultural European city where she was at odds with the dominant culture, this smart and ambitious young woman was understandably lonely and distressed.

She needed a friend, not a therapist.

We don’t live in a vacuum.

Our mental health is not siloed either.

We are all subject to the stresses and strains of living in a busy, sometimes confusing world.

Our mental health depends on so many factors.

Basic issues such as financial stability and safe, secure accommodation are vital to our wellbeing. Knowing where your next meal is coming from and where you are going to sleep tonight obviously have a huge impact on mental health.

We all need access to clean air and water, safe streets and freedom from exploitation, homophobia, racism, sexism, violence and abuse. Access to reliable medical treatment and healthy food also helps.

We take some of these things for granted, but for many people in Australia and around the world, these are not things they can rely on. The ability to feel safe in our community and at home influences our stability and our sense of wellbeing.

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